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A fire rages as motorists travel on Interstate 5 near Lake Shasta, Calif., Wednesday.<\/p>\n
REDDING, Calif. \u2014 Both directions of a major highway connecting California and Oregon were closed and evacuations were ordered Wednesday when a fast-moving wildfire swept through a wilderness area.<\/p>\n
The blaze in Shasta County was reported during the afternoon and within hours had charred 3 square miles of brush and timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest about 200 miles north of San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Footage posted by KRCR-TV of Redding showed roaring flames and plumes of dark smoke as some trucks and cars were left abandoned on the side of Interstate 5.<\/p>\n
The key interstate was closed from 10 miles north of Redding to an area just south of Mount Shasta. The Delta Fire was not immediately burning near large towns but was threatening a number of structures in an area of campgrounds, recreational residences and cabins, forest spokeswoman Kerry Greene said.<\/p>\n
It comes just weeks after a\u00a0devastating fire destroyed nearly 1,100 homes<\/a>\u00a0and killed eight people in the same area. That blaze, the Carr fire, was declared contained just last week.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a forest fire in California\u2019s eastern Sierra Nevada continued to grow and impacts on travel were increasing, officials said.<\/p>\n State Route 108 was closed from the Alpine-Mono county line to U.S. 395, which was already shut down in the mountainous region about 200 miles east of Sacramento, the California Department of Transportation said.<\/p>\n Additional firefighting resources were summoned<\/a>\u00a0as the blaze grew to more than 4 square miles.<\/p>\n The U.S. 395 closure extended from the town of Bridgeport to just south of the community of Walker, Caltrans said.<\/p>\n The Boot Fire began Tuesday in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Evacuation orders remained in place for the Bootleg, Chris Flat and Sonora Bridge campgrounds. 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